Rhetoric to Alexander
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The Rhetoric to Alexander (also widely known by its title in ; ) is a treatise traditionally attributed to Aristotle
. It is now generally believed to be the work of Anaximenes of Lampsacus
.
seems to refer to this work under Anaximenes' name in Institutio Oratoria 3.4.9, as the Italian Renaissance philologist Piero Vettori
first recognized. This attribution has, however, been disputed by some scholars.
still extant
from the ancient Greek world, Rhetoric to Alexander gives us an invaluable look into the rhetorical world that Aristotle responded to.
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
. It is now generally believed to be the work of Anaximenes of Lampsacus
Anaximenes of Lampsacus
Anaximenes of Lampsacus was a Greek rhetorician and historian.-Rhetorical works:Anaximenes was a pupil of Zoilus and, like his teacher, wrote a work on Homer. As a rhetorician, he was a determined opponent of Isocrates and his school...
.
Authorship
QuintilianQuintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing...
seems to refer to this work under Anaximenes' name in Institutio Oratoria 3.4.9, as the Italian Renaissance philologist Piero Vettori
Piero Vettori
Piero Vettori was an Italian writer, philologist and humanist.-Biography:Vettori was born in Florence and in his life dealt with numerous matters, from agriculture to sciences, from rhetorics to moral philosophy, and also catalogued codexes in Florence and Italy...
first recognized. This attribution has, however, been disputed by some scholars.
Content
As the sole complete manual on rhetoricRhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
still extant
Extant literature
Extant literature refers to texts that have survived from the past to the present time. Extant literature can be divided into extant original manuscripts, copies of original manuscripts, quotations and paraphrases of passages of non-extant texts contained in other works, translations of non-extant...
from the ancient Greek world, Rhetoric to Alexander gives us an invaluable look into the rhetorical world that Aristotle responded to.
External links
- Greek text, edited by Immanuel Bekker, Oxford 1837
- Greek text with Latin commentary edited by Leonhard von SpengelLeonhard von SpengelLeonhard von Spengel was a German classical scholar, born at Munich. He became known through his edition of Varro's De Lingua Latina and was appointed in 1826 lector, in 1830 professor in the Wilhelmsgymnasiun of Munich. From 1842 to 1847 he was professor at Heidelberg, but he returned to Munich...
, Leipzig, 1847 - English translations: Aristotle's Rhetoric to King Alexander (London, 1686); De Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, translated by E.S. Forster, Oxford, 1924 (beginning on p. 231 of the PDF file)